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Did you know how MS Dhoni helped team Australia lift their first T20 World Cup: Read here

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While former India captain MS Dhoni might have retired from international cricket but he continues to still have an impact on players that play under him in the Indian Premier League (IPL). One such example was Australia’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood who had spent a significant time with Dhoni while playing for CSK in IPL 2021 which was also held in UAE, leading up to the T20 World Cup 2021.

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Hazlewood was not even in contention for a spot in the Playing XI but his experience in playing the IPL under Dhoni came in handy in the T20 World Cup, more so in the final where he was the pick of the Australian bowlers, returning with figures of 3 for 16 in his four overs.

The IPL experience helped Hazlewood to work on his game and by his own admission, it gave him a fair idea about the length to hit in the pitches in UAE. Australia captain Aaron Finch admitted to the fact that Hazlewood’s stint with CSK helped his bowling unit quite a bit as he shared his inputs with the team and the bowing group.

“Yeah, he (Hazlewood) was really important with our bowling group. He shared his experience of CSK which was really important. To be able to bowl particularly at the end of the tournament where the wickets started to get more worn and hard length, which is Josh Hazlewood’s speciality, I guess, was tough to hit,” said Finch in the post-match press conference as per ICC.

“Yeah, that was really important that he passed on that information. Honestly, his performances in the IPL probably forced his way into the starting 11 over Kane Richardson who is a wonderful T20 bowler and someone who has been so important for us. But yeah, that was a tough call,” Finch added.

Dhoni has always been a leader that gets the best out of his players and the kind of freedom he gives to each one of them to express themselves has been one of his hallmarks as a captain. While he might not have given technical inputs to Hazlewood but to pick him and give him the ball at crucial stages of the match in the IPL 2021 might have given Hazlewood the confidence to come up with such a remarkable performance in the final of the T20 World Cup in Dubai.

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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